JustLeadershipUSA Policy Analyst Zach Ruppel writes about the threat posed by new federal Medicaid work reporting rules for individuals returning to their communities after incarceration. Access to healthcare is often the difference between stability and crisis, and data shows that rules like the new federal work requirements often lead to massive coverage losses.
Continuous access to Medicaid is one of the single most effective tools we have to change those numbers. The new work requirements don’t have to ruin that. But here is the catch: the rule as written assumes reentry looks like a standard job search. It doesn’t.
The very people this rule claims to push toward stability are the ones most likely to lose their healthcare while trying to get there.
Read the full article now at the Columbus Dispatch.
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